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“these men had been with Jesus” [Acts 4:13(NIV)]
“these men had been with Jesus”. Not only had they been with Him, but they had become like Jesus. They had caught something of the power and authority that Jesus was known to have – something of Him had rubbed off on them.
Those who attempt to live up to the demands of the gospel without having met with the Lord are lifeless by comparison. Jesus shone out in all that Peter and John said and did.
There was no need to debate whether Jesus was alive. All that was needed was to look at the disciples. Their prosecutors may have liked to think that they only met Him before He was crucified. But the events surrounding the healing of the crippled man pointed to Jesus living in these men by the Holy Spirit. So, today, it is meeting with Jesus that makes all the difference.